Specimen Information
Name: Zahn et al. 1986, No. 5
Type: Spiral
Comments: f'c not reported for test day. 28-day strength reported?
Reference: Zahn, F.A.; Park, R.; and Priestley, M.J.N., Design of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns for Strength and Ductility, Report 86-7, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 1986, 380 pages.
Material Properties
Concrete Strength:32.3 (MPa)
Transverse Steel:Yield Stress: 466 (MPa)
Longitudinal Steel:Yield Stress: 337 (MPa) Strength: 491 (MPa)
Geometry
Diameter: 400 (mm) Cross-Section: Octagonal
Length: L-Inflection: 1,600 (mm) L-Measured: 1,600 (mm)
Test Configuration:Double Ended
Loading
Axial Load:555 (kN)
P-D:Shear provided
L-Bottom:0
Longitudinal Reinforcement
Diameter:16 (mm)
Number of Bars:16
Reinforcement Ratio:0.0243
Transverse Reinforcement
Diameter Spiral:10 (mm)
Hoop Spacing, Sv:135 (mm)
Cover to Center of Hoop Bar:18 (mm)
Reinforcement Ratio:0.62
Non-Dimensional Properties
Span-to-Depth Ratio:4
Axial Load Ratio:0.13
Test Results
Failure Type:Flexure
Damage Observation:Concrete Crushing: 0 (mm)
Significant Concrete Spalling: 22.8 (mm)
Long Bar Buckling: 45.6 (mm)
Long Bar Fracture: 80 (mm)
Spiral Fracture: 0 (mm)
Loss of Axial Load Capacity: 0 (mm)
Resources:Force-Displacement Hysteresis (graph)
Force Displacement Data (data)
Record Information
Version:1 (April 8, 2003)
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